DEFENCE
is seeking proposals from the child care industry to manage Defence
child care centres and out of school hours facilities and to provide
sufficient priority placement in highquality child care to meet
the needs of Defence families.
A Request for Proposal was advertised in August, and as part of
the process respondents to the request will inspect the Defence
child care centres and out of school hours facilities during business
hours.
These inspections will occur only once and will be subject to
close scrutiny and control. Families who have children in these
centres or facilities will be advised of the inspection time and
date for their centre.
The Defence Child Care Program helps Defence members and their
families access child care by providing 19 long day care centres
and four outside school hours care facilities around Australia.
The program also provides access to child care places through
selected Family Day Care schemes. Defence’s long day care centres
and outside school hours care facilities are managed by KU Children’s
Services.
This management contract will expire on June 30 next year.
A project team of representatives from the Defence Child Care
Program, Navy, Army, Air Force, the Australian Public Service,
Corporate Support and Defence Families of Australia has been formed
to oversee this process.
